USPTO Patents Application 10811314

CRAWFORD MAUNU PLLC
United States Patent Application
COMBINED DECLARATION AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

As a below named inventor I hereby declare that: my residence, post office address and citizenship are as stated below next to
my name; that

I verily believe I am the original, first and sole inventor (if only one name is listed below) or a joint inventor (if plural
inventors are named below) of the subject matter which is claimed and for which a patent is sought on the invention entitled:
MARKETING USING DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING.

The specification of which

a. O is attached hereto

b. £3 is entitled MARKETING USING DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING, having attorney docket number NOKM.091PA (NC
43647 US).

c. 13 was filed on March 26, 2004 as application serial no. 10/8 1 1 ,3 14 and was amended on (if applicable) (in the
case of a PCT-filed application) described and claimed in international no. filed and as amended on (if any), which I have
reviewed and for which I solicit a United States patent.

I hereby state that I have reviewed and understand the contents of the above-identified specification, including the claims, as amended
by any amendment referred to above.

I acknowledge the duty to disclose information which is material to the patentability of this application in accordance with Title 37,
Code of Federal Regulations, § 1.56 (attached hereto).

I hereby claim foreign priority benefits under Title 35, United States Code, § 1 19/365 of any foreign application(s) for patent or
inventor's certificate listed below and have also identified below any foreign application for patent or inventor's certificate having a
filing date before that of the application on the basis of which priority is claimed:

a. ^ no such applications have been filed.

b. □ such applications have been filed as follows:

FORE

,IGN APPLICATION(S), IF ANY, CLAIMING PRIORITY UNDER 35 USC §

119

COUNTRY

APPLICATION NUMBER

DATE OF FILING
(day, month, year)

DATE OF ISSUE
(day, month, year)

ALL FORE!

1GN APPLICATION(S), IF ANY, FII

.ED BEFORE THE PRIORITY APPLIC

ATION(S)

COUNTRY

APPLICATION NUMBER

DATE OF FILING
(day, month, year)

DATE OF ISSUE
(day, month, year)

I hereby claim the benefit under Title 35, United States Code, § 120/365 of any United States and PCT international application(s)
listed below and, insofar as the subject matter of each of the claims of this application is not disclosed in the prior United States
application in the manner provided by the first paragraph of Title 35, United States Code, § 1 12, 1 acknowledge the duty to disclose
material information as defined in Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, § 1.56(a) which occurred between the filing date of the prior
application and the national or PCT international filing date of this application.

U.S. APPLICATION NUMBER

DATE OF FILING (day, month, year)

STATUS (patented, pending, abandoned)

I hereby claim the benefit under Title 35, United States Code § 1 19(e) of any United States provisional application(s) listed below:

U.S. PROVISIONAL APPLICATION NUMBER

DATE OF FILING (Day, Month, Year)

I hereby appoint the following attorney(s) and/or patent agent(s) to prosecute this application and to transact all business in the Patent
and Trademark Office connected herewith:

Funk, Steven R. Reg. No. 37,830 Crawford, Robert J. Reg. No. 32,122 Maunu, LeRoy D. Reg. No. 35,274

Hollingsworth, Mark A. Reg. No. 38,491 Curtin, Eric J. Reg. No. 47,511 Davis, Clara Reg. No. 50,495

Lynch, David W. Reg. No. 36,204

I hereby authorize them to act and rely on instructions from and communicate directly with the person/assignee/attorney/firm/
organization who/which first sends/sent this case to them and by whom/which I hereby declare that I have consented after full disclosure
to be represented unless/until I instruct Crawford Maunu PLLC.

Please direct all correspondence in this case to Crawford Maunu PLLC at the address indicated below:

Crawford Maunu PLLC
1270 Northland Drive, Suite 390
St. Paul, Minnesota 55120

I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and that all statements made on information and belief
are believed to be true; and further that these statements were made with the knowledge that willful false statements and the like so
made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code and that such willful
false statements may jeopardize the validity of the application or any patent issued thereon.

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Full Name
Of Inventor

Family Name
POHJA

First Given Name

SEPPO

Second Given Name

0

Residence
& Citizenship

City

TAMPERE

State or Foreign Country

FINLAND

Country of Citizenship

FINLAND

Post Office
Address

Post Office Address

INSINOORINKATU 51 A 16

City

TAMPERE

State & Zip Code/Country

33720/FINLAND

Signature of Inventor 201: ^ ^-5*-?

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Date:

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Full Name
Of Inventor

Family Name
POTKONEN

First Given Name
ARI

Second Given Name

0

Residence
& Citizenship

City

KANGASALA

State or Foreign Country

FINLAND

Country of Citizenship

FINLAND

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Post Office-.
Address

Post Office Address

JYRAKUJA 7

City

KANGASALA

State & Zip Code/Country

36200/FINLAND

Signature of Inventor 202: ^/f^ ^

2

Full Name
Of Inventor

Family Name
MONONEN

First Given Name
JARI

Second Given Name

0

Residence
& Citizenship

City

RUUTANA

State or Foreign Country
FINLAND

Country of Citizenship

FINLAND j

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Post Office
Address

Post Office Address
MUTKATIE 5

City

RUUTANA

State & Zip Code/Country

36110/FINLAND

Signature of Inventor 203>* — — \

Date:

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§ 1.56 Duty to discteseanformation material to patentability.

(a) A patent by its very nature is affected with a public interest. The public interest is best served, and the most effective patent
examination occurs when, at the time an application is being examined, the Office is aware of and evaluates the teachings of all
information material to patentability. Each individual associated with the filing and prosecution of a patent application has a duty of

candor and good faith in dealing with the Office, 4 which includes a duty to disclose to the Office all information known to that individual
to be material to patentability as defined in this section. The duty to disclose information exists with respect to each pending claim until
the claim is canceled or withdrawn from consideration, or the application becomes abandoned. Information material to the patentability
of a claim that is canceled or withdrawn from consideration need not be submitted if the information is not material to the patentability
of any claim remaining under consideration in the application. There is no duty to submit information which is not material to the
patentability of any existing claim. The duty to disclose all information known to be material to patentability is deemed to be satisfied if
all information known to be material to patentability of any claim issued in a patent was cited by the Office or submitted to the Office in
the manner prescribed by §§ 1.97(b)-(d) and 1 .98. However, no patent will be granted on an application in connection with which fraud
on the Office was practiced or attempted or the duty of disclosure was violated through bad faith or intentional misconduct. The Office
encourages applicants to carefully examine:

(1) prior art cited in search reports of a foreign patent office in a counterpart application, and

(2) the closest information over which individuals associated with the filing or prosecution of a patent application believe any
pending claim patentably defines, to make sure that any material information contained therein is disclosed to the Office.

(b) Under this section, information is material to patentability when it is not cumulative to information already of record or being
made of record in the application, and

(1) It establishes, by itself or in combination with other information, a prima facie case of unpatentability of a claim;

or

(2) It refutes, or is inconsistent with, a position the applicant takes in:

(i) Opposing an argument of unpatentability relied on by the Office, or

(ii) Asserting an argument of patentability.

A prima facie case of unpatentability is established when the information compels a conclusion that a claim is unpatentable under the
preponderance of evidence, burden-of-proof standard, giving each term in the claim its broadest reasonable construction consistent with
the specification, and before any consideration is given to evidence which may be submitted in an attempt to establish a contrary
conclusion of patentability.

(c) Individuals associated with the filing or prosecution of a patent application within the meaning of this section are:

(1) Each inventor named in the application:

(2) Each attorney or agent who prepares or prosecutes the application; and

(3) Every other person who is substantively involved in the preparation or prosecution of the application and who is associated
with the inventor, with the assignee or with anyone to whom there is an obligation to assign the application.

(d) Individuals other than the attorney, agent or inventor may comply with this section by disclosing information to the attorney,
agent, or inventor.